Trousers stretcher



J. HREN.

TROUSERS STRETCHER.'

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25. 1921.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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TROUSERS STRETCHE'R.

.appiienin inea .August 25, i921. semi No. 495,351.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known 'that 1 JOSEPH Hams, a citi-h Zen of the United States, and resident of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Trousers Stretchers, of which the following is a specilicatlon.

My invention .relates to trousei` stretcliers of the type which are introduced into .the legs of the trousers and has for its object to provide a novel device rofV the indicated character whereby the trousers are effectively creased and which is; particularly adapted for removing bagging at the knees and for otherwise resto-ring the'trousers to its original shape.` My invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in 'the appended claims. l

ln the accompanying drawing, which shows an example o-f my invention withoutl dening its limits, Fig. 1 is an elevation of the trouser stretcher with one of the plates 10 omitted; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one end thereof; Fig. 8 is a detail section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4c is a similar view on the line %4 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the illustrated example the trouser stretcher comprises essentially, a pair of fiat longitudinal bars .5 of suitable length and shape and constituting the active creasing and stretching means. These bars 5 are pivotally connected at intermediate points, for instance at 6, with links 7 which themselves are movably connected with each other by means of intermeshing teeth 8 with which said links are provided at their contiguous ends. The links 7, at their intermeshing` ends, are further pivoted at 9 between two spaced pivot plates 10, to which one end of a combined adjusting and locking member 11 is also rigidly secured at 12; said member 11 extends lengthwise of the stretcher toward its other end, and is preferably provided with a nger piece 18 or its equivalent for facilitating the man1pulation of said member as will appear morefully hereinafter. It will be understood that if desired one of the plates 10 may be omitted, in which case the link 7 and member 11 will be attached only to the remaining plate.

Additional links 14C are pivotally connected at 15 with the ends of said bars 5 and at 16 with an elongated plate or the like 17 which is provided with an opening A18 and `with a plurality of apertures 19 ar- Kingston, countyof Ulster, and State of `formed thereon and projecting over said member 11 as Shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In practice,`the device in a folded condition indicated4 forl instancel `by the dotted lines in F ig. 1,' is introduced into the trouser leg after which the links 14 are operated to i spreadv the bars v5 into contact with the trouser material; a pushing forceA is theneirerted upon the member 11, through the medium of the finger piece 12, to actuate the links 7 whereby the connected bars 5 are spread at this point into engagement with said trouser material. The push upon the member 11, brings about a concurrent adjustment of the two links 7, by means of the teeth 8 and is continued to a suiicient extent to cause the bars 5 to exert a stretching pressure upon the trouser leg after which the projection 2O is inserted into the nearest aperture 19 of the plate 17. In this way the material of which the trouser leg is made is placed under tension and by reaction upon the bars 5 exerts a force upon the member 11 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 which tends to maintain the hook or projection 20 in the aperture 19 against accidental displacement; the device is thus locked in its adjusted position and not only eliiciently creases the leg of the trousers but also stretches the material thereof in a manner to remove bagginess at the knees and to otherwise restore it to its original shape. When one of the devices has been adjusted in each leg of the trousers the openings 18 may be engaged with a suitable hook or the like to suspend said trousers in an inverted condition whereby the weight of the latter will assist in the functions of the device.

To remove the stretcher it is simply necessary to bend the member 11 as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 to disconnect the hook 20 from the aperture 19, after which the whichare within the trouser leg and notl `readily accessible, may be accurately manipulated in the desired manner to bring any degree of stretching pressure upon the trousers the member ll is made of such length that ity extends beyond the trouser' leg so as to be easily reached, when the device is operatively combined with said trousers. f The plate 17 being alsovv located eXteriorly of the latter, in the operative lposition of the stretcher, no diiiiculty is experienced in connecting the hook 20 with the proper aperture 19 or in disconnecting it therefrom.

The stretcher is simple in construction and positive in its action and provides an eficient device which may be readilyl manipulated to fit any size or shape of trouser' leg to produce any desired degree of stretching strain thereon, whereby the material is efectively creased and restored to its original shape without difficulty; when not in. usethe stretcher may be compactly folded tooccupy a minimum of space. r K

Various changes in :the speciiicv form shown and describedmay be made within the scope of the claimsvwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

1. A trouser stretcher comprising a pair of* spaced, `longitudinal bars, a pivot plate, a pair of toothed intermeshing links pivot'ally connected with said bars and with said pivot plate, a locking plate, a pair of addi tional links pivotally connectedwith said f bars. and. withsaid locking plate, a member connected with said pivot plate and slidably connected with said lockingplate whereby 'said toothed links may be coincidentally adjusted and co-operating means on said locking plate and said member for locking the stretcherin'an adjustedposition- 2.` A trouser stretcher comprising a pair of spaced, longitudinal bars, a pivot plate, a pair of toothed intermeshing links pivotally connected with said bars andv with said pivot plate, a locking plate, havingV av series of spaced apertures,v a pair of additional links pivotally connected with said bars and withsaidlocking plate, a member rigidly connected with said pivot plate and slidably connected withv said locking vplate and a hooked projection on said member adapted forv insertion into said apertures for locking the stretcher in an adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification. v

JOSEPH y HREN. 

